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Submitted: 8/26/20 • Approved: 10/17/20 • Last Updated: 10/20/20 • R346808-G0-S3
November 20, 1892 - September 24, 1944
*OBITUARY
HENRY SEELKE
ROCKDALE, Sept 28 - (Spl) - Funeral services for Henry Seelke, 52, were held Tuesday from Phillips and Luckey Funeral chapel with the Rev. James W. Askew of the Baptist church officiating. Burial was in IOOF cemetery.
Survivors included his widow, Mrs. Susie Ann Seelke of Houston; two sons, Sgt. Robert W. Seelke of the US army, now in Italy, Corp. George Monroe Seelke, Us army in McCook, Neb.; a step-son, Albert Dromer of Houston; two brothers and four sisters, namely, Albert Seelke of Rockdale, Fritz Seelke of Calvert, Mrs. Billie Brokenbush, Mrs. Belle Hook of Rockdale, Mrs. Lizzie Fuller of Gause, Mrs. Lillie Hughes of California.
The Austin American(Austin, Texas), 29 Sep 1944, Fri, Page 25
Family Members
Parents
August Seelke
1853–1922
Henrietta Shulze Seelke
1856–1921
Spouse
Susie Ann Jones Lee
1892–1976 (m. 1915)
Siblings
Alwena Lange Brackenbusch
1874–1941
Laura Lange Derr
1876–1899
Emma Lange Brockenbush
1878–1952
Ida Marie Magdalena Lange Bowling
1881–1943
Herman Mike Lange
1882–1939
Albert Seelke
1887–1962
Arnold Seelke
1889–1949
Isabella Seelke Hook
1891–1983
Lillie Mae Seelke Fuller
1894–1982
Elizabeth Seelke Hughes
1896–1980
Half Siblings
Charlie Henry Seelke
1873–1958
August Seelke
1877–1908
William C. Seelke
1879–1939
Emma Seelke Lohse
1885–1928
Children
Emory Seelke
1916–1917
Robert W Seelke
1919–1955
George Monroe Seelke
1920–1978
Photo courtesy of: Holly Bonorden Jentsch
Contributed on 8/26/20 by lynst.peters62
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